{"id":439032,"date":"2026-01-30T15:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/439032\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:02:23","slug":"dow-to-cut-about-4500-jobs-as-emphasis-shifts-to-ai-and-automation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/439032\/","title":{"rendered":"Dow to cut about 4,500 jobs as emphasis shifts to AI and automation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dow is planning to cut approximately 4,500 jobs as the chemicals maker puts more emphasis on using artificial intelligence<\/a> and automation in its business.<\/p>\n

The company said Thursday that it anticipates about $600 million to $800 million in severance costs related to the cuts. Those costs are part of a broader plan aimed at simplifying operations and streamlining. <\/p>\n

Shares of Dow Inc., which has about 34,600 employees globally, fell 2% before the market opened. Dow is based in Midland, Michigan. <\/p>\n

In January 2025 Dow executives said the company was seeking $1 billion in cost savings and anticipated cutting about 1,500 jobs worldwide. In July, it announced the closings of three European plants that would eliminate 800 jobs. <\/p>\n

There have been thousands of job cuts announced this week after a frustrating year for U.S. job seekers<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Amazon slashed about 16,000 corporate roles<\/a> on Wednesday \u2014 just three months after laying off another 14,000 workers<\/a>. And United Parcel Service said on Tuesday that it plans to cut up to 30,000 operational jobs<\/a> this year. <\/p>\n

And like Dow, Pinterest said this week that it was cutting jobs<\/a> partially due to increased usage of AI. <\/p>\n

Americans<\/a> are feeling increasingly anxious<\/a> about the odds of finding a job, or getting a better one. Economists have said that businesses are largely at a \u201cno-hire, no fire\u201d<\/a> standstill. Hiring has stagnated overall \u2014 with the country adding a meager 50,000 jobs<\/a> last month, down from a revised figure of 56,000 in November.<\/p>\n

Rising operational costs have accompanied layoffs in some sectors, and business leaders cite rising costs, including those from President Donald Trump’s tariffs<\/a>, as well as shifts in spending. <\/p>\n

Consumer expectations for the U.S. economy has plummeted to its lowest level since 2014<\/a>. That is occurring as some businesses reduce their workforces as they redirect<\/a> money toward artificial intelligence<\/a>, often baked into wider corporate restructuring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dow is planning to cut approximately 4,500 jobs as the chemicals maker puts more emphasis on using artificial…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[207223,182,966,181,507,28,33357,11382,1931,1929,74],"class_list":["post-439032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-207223","tag-ai","tag-article","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-business","tag-compensation-and-benefits","tag-information-technology","tag-jobs-and-careers","tag-labor","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}